[Boatanchors] Amp Supply LK500-ZC Amplifier Question

[rbethman]

First - Even an old Western Electric Model 564 IS an electronic multimeter.

Second - Terman's, 1943 never used "average value" and "DC Value" in an 
interchangeable manner at any time.

Even the very old "Wiggins" meter used by electricians going back as far 
as my grandfather was an electrician, was an electronic multimeter.

He arrived in the US as a Polish Immigrant at age 10.  As soon as was 
practical, he applied and received his citizenship.  He began working as 
soon as he was old enough to be an apprentice.  He left this Earth at 84 
years of age in '94.

This seems to shoot your "texts of the last century" right out of the water.

Regards, Bob - N0DGN


On 8/3/2015 5:56 PM, WA5CAB--- via Boatanchors wrote:
> The average value of any waveform with any non-zero frequency component
> above about 20 cps is also that value indicated by a non-electronic multimeter
> set to DC.  I don't even recall what subject started this but what I took
> mild exception to in passing was the juxtaposition of the  terms "peak" and
> "DC" when simply "peak" would have sufficed.  I really didn't intend to chew
> up everyone's afternoon with my comment.  However, although I've no idea of
> how they are teaching such things today, most basic electronics texts of the
> last century tended to use the terms "average value" and "DC value"
> interchangably.  Which is an adequate explanation.